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SPA COL:JP' /A S. " ITA.VANNTAiI, JUL I(- 30, 1.810. I have just wi!n,-ss!-d a scene -from she upper story, of my t•o awful and holernu, ai almost to chill my b.l,od—the execution of the sentence. herewith en= ,• • 4 ‘ The yontli and appearance of the prisoner, his solenin acknowleTth•mei t to thr pdblic ast the prison door, of his guilt. a.AI h, justice of his sentence, .and b's great •contrit ion, and . the dri:tjnt deportment of all classes of peolle throng!) whom he passed from the prison to the place i , f execution, made the scene tat) , solemn and at+ ful. The arram;ement, made-by the Governor on - the • occasion, '.'entitL-s limn to high credit ; as it not Only insulted satety,to the people, but tranquility to the cicy. Not an insult'was offered to the prisoner, and his , :ondutt was such as to draw down the iiity of all who saw him on , his root to the place from - whence he took his leave-of t 44 world. There are , a num ber of his :associates.-tiow _in the United States, and fl eor four ot. them hourly expetted . liere, who on their arrial, share a similar fate - The s,::zure of this deluded young 'man and his . papers, Juts completely developed .the plans of the traitors' in South America, as in all the other,provirices in Spain, put Government- into possession of a bit of all their names, their emissaries, then' places of resi dence; to what port or city bound. The carte blanche fottd in his possession, signed by Joseph. as vocli as blank commis ions, were -burnt under the gallows, while he was stispended.there, by the public. hangman. h is :and that he haelanthnrity tn name and corn misSion all officers In New Spain under ;: Brigadier- General, and had with 11;in comtni•sions for the new Vieer4.•end chiefs cat A he kingdom. ' A - se,hoonr is now getting ready,.. and IKiil be off In about two hours for Vera,Cruz, with a list of (K: names of the ernis.a . riei, aireacr in tn'at ti a aritnes cif a 1 rhos• implicated by the conies-ions or papers; of this unfortunate young man :ind i hopo sincerely that measures will hq,l het e taken in .tinle to aveit and secure them, before that valuable and beau tiful cbutitry is . deluged in blood by their nefarious conchkt. '1.41 " Hi's papers were well secured in trunks, made in France or Spain for the express purpose, without a false bottcin, or having the appearance of bein g thielt2r tl'an but_by lowing were found, and the hunks then split " I arn, Sir, Sze.." fOlowingis a copfof the proclamation alluded', to ii; - lbe - 101;ovtiing letter i— " Don'Salv:ldo'r kiep h de Muro y Salaiar; Marquis de :So= mertielos. Leittenant-G eneral of the Royal 'Armies, Presi dent of the kora Anclietice of Puertti Principe, Captain. C e 4 lerai 'ot: the..ksJand of Cuba and of ; the Prpvinces of the Two Fl'oridas, and Political and Military Governor of Ha vannah, &c: .- " Maketh known to-all the inhabitants of this. city—That having subst,intiated and determined the case of Manuel Ito irignez Aleman y feria, with the' , approbition of the .I.qe - Advocat6, Don Jos. /into . - nio' Ramos,' and two tither learned Doctors of -Law of my. full contident;e, ..he ,has ,been, sentenced to ,sutfer the highest pnnislirrieut for !miring' been : guilt "of treann 'and rs inemitsary of Josepht Buonaparte, who •came• instrutted to , !disiolve,the ties which unite u s with the legitimate . P9verntpcnt of Spain, and to promote discord and di‘;ision in your peaceable countril!s, with a view that the Americans,- torgoitting- that loyalty:. which has;al ways chatatterised them, ,should acknowledge and obey the intruded King. The,Judges4have,designated_the day apd.li!. , ur on .which this ill 7 a'tlyise..l young man is to eiplate his crime a , d temeiity oh the 'gallows, which 'Will' be on to-morrow niortring -(Nionclay) :at' seven But, Citizens of Fltrannah, justice s tuft in compatible with complassion and urbanity. Those virtues shine pre-eminently — in your hearts. Let not sour anxious desires for expiation confound nor 'strangle yorir 'sentiments of humanity. : . Abhor LIT e. crime., but Oy ,the criminal Th .. 4s maxim should bo strictly obseived on the day •''of exebutiolf.' • A . pea'Ceabl tatt'ivell - -diitioSid -, concourse , will tend tot: make . the aft more pathetic and terrible. Cs)ntn ... story unnecessary . and. improper. noise, epithets or unciiikaaions are enbecoming:\Y7wo - ` chizaN:and iWetstu - always produce melanchtily con=•' sequences.' On the contrary, decency. and f ,goocl order are the iusqgrakle.o . tp,wn,i,ons of .noble.sol4l3. `r Wipthhujiilant , reaseht I flatter niys-lf fidin the doe* of dis'OO'stti6rti, that during' lie - ' passage of the ciimittal trortethejail.toAhelallnws, - ; and to Vie at of, leis-exevationryou-will afford ample proof of yotinf,civA i apd Chri ? tiaQ moderation,- by corupassiorta . t*Ahe. unforLupate fate on(- . could,ftit;g4l ptr to tism, to' ottiAe.hiniseiC.f.v4t4.A3e i en . ,eco.tes : df,lits country. Any i notwith4tari‘jing - Any : exppst,atious aid my pr . 4 7. cepthiaoy,One should contrayette,..he'ivill inime thiltely.lappteiNneled..lnd:ptinished in proportion to tivextoksyso,a4 , l4 ts.) the xwality and circumsta nce .. o f .14fiwitson.. ! ;And,that this may be publicly kuov, 40rid, eoft,of contovertt'oii, Lune s!iall pleA igno- Aantv m et l tirigdfirecl. to. proclaim it hrpogli the city by beat of drum, Jim! that, hand-bills, duly awl,ch rtigatgd;by.lll4 Notary of, the . o,:veratneut, bC• in , tl4,llspal-pidpers, • AA. MAR.'-LUIS Ap,So?4'flipELO::. " By Order of his Lxcell;:itcy, ;:, . " A.ILNDEz." klarallll44, July s~.yy} ~ . ~ r;_ ~ . . AFrorn an American Paper.] "• T t sppe.,rs. that Buona;.aile's plans against the ISP2lll4lre dOtninions in America Imie not .had that hap 64 is;rie ithich be ccntemplated, and that his stralaczeThs not pradneed , ti - .4sde'ast ot on the lot arty of the . Americans, which is: not in fc,r(),,' to tlat• the ioLahisants of the Ptni: stn,i have <l:atlifesti.d'4br ,their Sovertign Ferdinand Vii. Tl , ree Alneric - ans,.-ankla Spanhrd called Bian co, spins or 'eliiissaries il,klunnararte, , Lave beet', .sied a! Chilidriglia by 1:.)0JV NeinAio .Balce.'o, c nt, , , , i uence of the seasonable a(.l,ioes withih(let Viceroy of Mexico communicated to. tliat Comman dant, Gencral•ol the said Province,',.that these per sons had arrived at Upper.Louisianaironyßalt,linote, and were going to the towri.of St. Fe., These four individuals -were travelling. tiVo ; negro slaves amongst , - the Indian tribes subject to this, Province, vi.ithon, any fi , s,iort front the Spanish Aitthorities of Ferdinand Vit. front. the place whence they pro et-oyd, which is iodispensably nect,sary in order to enter tt , e. Srinish dornilions without hung consi dered 'as a spy; there were found in their possess* a 'tape , writs, n in English, and a letter from the curate,of Si. Geneveva, in France; al:o thirteen lire arm=, six ctitlasses, three axes, and' five flasks of powder. In their first declaration tliev•stated, that the objea of their journ,y from Upper, Loois:ana was-. no other than to est..blish themselves in the do niinioos of his Majesty . FerdinandWiL,. to . ,,whoM they were greatly ..e•ttdelied ; tts if •persons going from' this country. to • the Spanish. possessions were ignorant tliav it isrequisite to have permission front Government, and the necessary' passports4rom the, established' Authorities, ,to obtain an entrance into the' Spanish Aerritoa les. They were inimedi*iy conduaed to the- castte of St. EAcearin; for•txial, and it - will not be long betote they will suffer the_ punishment due to such' traitors according to the stria. orders of the Council of Regency of 4pa.inAnd the Indies, that in cases of this. twture justice:should not be delayed, in order to purge the Spanish soil of such vermin. . • Another emissary, a native of Mexico, has 'been arrested,in.:the.Havanna, called Don Nlam:ei 'Aottrigityz, Adernan de Pena,.,who.arrived at Balti more in tips' French schooner ; he endeavoured to embark' in different places, and at last efle . Cted it ai rfono,. A . nuniber of • incendiary papers were touti - crio hib vossession, and no dcubi his head will tare paid for the enormity ot,diis crime." ~. 'a . 4; ~• "f . • Their numbers are kert eV, and even consider ably angmented, of ti yes. as are uahlett to ransom ilietiteli4:sl;"lo6 partly b Ciiinese:, who come daily ,from different pmts. of the coast to join them. It will hardly'be credited, how 'great the number is of this- latter description. .have ficquently . seen fire to ten'coice,at one time; anti kin • one occasion upwards of thirty. Some :ot thee' were douhtless. vag ab o nd s , instigated by po-• yeriy anti idieness,;to embrace this criminal Mode of Ide; but . many were men of deeent'nppearai.ci, ; some of whom brOught money with then). :rite - only reason. I ever heard them assign for their con dud was, that the Matidatittes of their district were unjust and that they came away to avoid theirop pression. These ;people go'. voluntariiy to join the . Ladroncs are at .liberty to leave them, I bel.i(he, whenever choose,; as several of them kit them, after being with the Ladroues a month' or . two.--- ,At one tune, they used to .come and go in. such quick:succession, t bat the chief I was witly re(usei to allow. them to join him, unless they agreed' to Stop eight 'or nine months, when they should be at liberty to go, or 01; but great numbers remain for years ; and it 'is ba theM that_ the of the vessels devolves. • DISCIPLINE AND .DIVISIONS, , ! . The 'WhOie'body of Lad rone vesse l s that I have s , 2ett are under the command of five citiefs, who are ihdepeiident of each other. The vessels under cacti chief ate distinguished ,by a particular flag, at the fbrerniiir bead. The division by Which, I was captured had a red triangular flag, with a white scolloped border. A second division has a black ti iangular flag, with a white scolloped border. A third hils a red square flag, without any border. X fourth is distinguished by a red - triangular fl g;' with a plain yellow border'; and a fifth, by. 114(pare flag; blue, white, and' red, licirittiertally. - The , two fit - st dtvisions !generally cruize,amongthe kl-itids on. the coast, from 1 - ) po east watd, , thet. ..t ce other s keep more to the westward, though ar tituesl they even;go to tile, east ward of Macao. - The. dig ,bearing 'Me red fl ag v .i t h .a white border . are a , . preSettt much superior in force to any of tfie-Othtrs. , Each •VesSel hal a eaptain,t,vito dirt:64;4lA f ene' tal 'wayalkhe-operatiuns on bond:, and wlose au- thority is sutlicieoq respected 'by the crew. The tua: . :tagement of the sails and t... 'ci age of the vessels are entrusted to two or ruot,':. t 'xpel-It'nced hands, - whOse orders on' these poluts arc; executed' by the'i Oth'vrs. Under theSe are three or &kit more, 4ittli lar to our I.2zitsw"ains' mati:s . ,lo kt.. ) eii the i eople ! (JO dt , a, and at theiY - duty. During the tin)e of ac tion or chase, the captain takes - a mote at!tivetraft ; :and dir:Lis 'ail ifte'ruoverricnts.-: In et try vtassbl there . is a, certain proportion - of- tnen ciVapprovettd courage te d . ' fidelity,' Who have . voluntaseily•pitrtid the - Ladrones. .. These fire • the g,titt'sj"atiduare most forward in all ,hazAtdous entervtiz4iif-IShnuld-the captain fall, one 'Of these geilerilley :takes ilSe=tifin-••• 'Maud. I ne . rer saw' any of the crew' flogged,(ior, beaten, in a Ladrone, • though' I laVs . sett.- - the it-' put in, irons., The captain is gelirMly-better dress-1 ed than the.' coalition LadrotteV '146 also tares: somewhat better ; and' 'the - 61fitie r rg alitil . 6sSistantsp Mentioned l)ove, are, Some of thein,,tattakerS of 'his meals. I ;- .' -- • ..--• ' ' o's--- , Each division I§"roimied '' kid) 'ViVital'sqttadron, • commanded. .15j l'A:i'ihr6l.toi"cili'it k -whom the • • captains of the i dliferent . ve*:;ieli -4 arbt'gerieKilly ap pointed, and from whom they receiv e their orders-.. He .is himself ''resPensilile Tot lii cianduetto'la chief of his division. Sutrietitnes the'whOle'ofklie: _ squadron cruizes in a body 5 . abmetitzlesS Um, o-ar three squadrons y.in their forces; and 'frequently only a j ;few vessels sail in company, according to the force they expeet tokieet: • . NATURE OF THEIR DEPREDATIONS, AND PRISON TREATMENT OF ERS All vessels that frequenC . the 'coast of China - are, liable to be attacked by except such as, .by pitying - a tribute to one of cii.Liidt one chxfs, have obtaitied passes; which , passes,are respected, I betri 'lieve, by all the other divisions; Numbers nut only, of fishing boats, but of the-country .tnerchattLlvgs,,,i eels, trail thetnielves of this protettion.—The farms and villages tiPoir the coast,'' which .have no forts in iheir neighbourhood, are - equally subject to, the de. predations of the LArones';'. and their inhabitants are, for the most parl,' glad fo.comprotnise for Aeir safety by, paying a tribute. tribute is colleCled . from tiievillages every s i x , mo n t hS' ; the 'bOats diurnally .ipcithe sums obtained in this way Must be,ivery considerable. , As a proof . houi far these 'Pases are reSpected, .1;shall mention one instance.— . , The Commander of a squadron . having pliuulered and detained a fishing boat, that'had a pass, r ,On the matter being, represen te d to th e Chi e f o f the , ' sion, the Commander was •obliged, not . only td ) j . give up the boat to its owner, opt to pay him - five hundred dollars, for the detention and luses he bad, • suffered. 'lt a vessel they capture happens to have made any' resistance, they in general murder some of 'the crew and cruelly treat the rest. • has., not re fisted, but they suspei.i the crew of haVing destroyed (4, se 7 cretedany r thing, though none arc Low Ocred,,they are very severely punished.. •• In other, cases ; they are salis4etl in 1 - ) and detention of vessel and ciew,: i 'tfie pun aliu,ted to is inflicted in cruel manner. Toe unhappy s t lbi ee t firstrs, strii,ped of ad but his dowsers, ins 109,(.15.., ; tir2,1,t,), , tfkr behind his back, a rope,. passiog titim t• e is theta made. fast to his joined liattos; t p,,y • hoisted tram deck, tind while ft) blAtlstiended, ri‘peat-, ed stripes are inflicted on syeqport,.of . lll'S . .btiO l y, .pith a rod foamed of ty i r . ,o t,hree rattailstogether. Blood,frequently,,foltOws, tile stripes; 'And' in some cases the .nniseratil - sstifferer 'is left (led by as hands tor up,,,drkis of an iour. When any (,f the ManOaria : boats fall ttntor a taic . iy iato th r 6it hands,:the persons belonging to them are must crueLy butchered. All the prisoners they take who are possessed - 'of any funds, are eXpeded, to ransom thenrSelses. The r insom demanded is generally as rinib.h as they suppose the person can raise, eitlitr trum hisown lot tune,- or, by the_ assistance o f his friends. 1 know: , j ON THE LABIZONES. ACCOUNT OF -THEIR NUMBERS AND FORCE; DISCI PLINE AND DIVISIONS; NATURE OF DEPREDA ' TIoNS 'AND TREATMENT 'OF PRIIONERS; WITH' oTUER I .BSERvATIoNS, MADE BY MA,,, TURNER, FIRST MATE OrTHE TAY COUNTRY SHIP., DURING HIS. CAPTIVITY AMONG THE LADRONRS. r . ,NUMIJERS.;ANP FORCES.. Tlifl total number of, vessel,erigaged iu pirlCy on theiSout Ii coast of China,. and which are knOwn to Euroo..pns ; by thename,ut Ladrones,,is,,:ii nearly as I'cancynjeclure, between five and - six 490ilfed sat!. Thee are t ,:of ditierent ; the largtst„ may be . about 20Q tops burthen, tie sinallek do not . cs ceed 15 ; but the greater part are frcirn 70 to 150 .1011 S.• Like other Chinese vessels, their draught of water, is much ,15s:i than the ,gener.dity . or EUro peans of the same .burthen. As they have not bedn ,•J?uilt on purpose, :oy th e pirates theinteives, but are' vessels. which from time, to time have latled their hands, their is nothing in their cons! ruction or appeipnce:to distinguish them from Chinese trading vessels. The largest carry 12 guns, from 6 to 12-pourt ders, the rest ca:ry ;:ccording to their size ; besides long wall pieces, n;atchloc4, pikes, with hamboo _shahs, from ,14, -to 18 feet long, which they use by throwing them like javelins, at a distance; also shorter.i;mes, with shaffs,of: solid wood, the . iron part being•similar,to the bl j ede of a dirk, ..slightly curved, and made sharp on one edge' or These . they keep in their hands.for tight,ing at close quarerg, for which they also, use shuri swords, hardly exceed ing;minches in length. tA-ke the ghns . in the chi-' nese forts. and . vessels,. thcse of the:Ladronesare Mounted on carriages without trucks„ having "nei ther :breacliings_,nur t tackle, and ; being all 'nip out right a-bean-4, never pointed foe and 0 . !:, they are obliged. in tnakng an . attack, to wear the vessel, in Order, to .bring . the guns to bear.ori the objet. :A than stands witha match ready t? „ fire, as Soon 'a§l - ie has a good aim The guns are previously . eleVaielf Or depressed according to the distance. HAving in this way fired their broadsides,. they haul .off to re= load. - • . I The number of men ineach vessel is generally con-. isiderable for- its riize.• The .larger have upwafcls of i..ne hundred men. Few even of the" smallest ,have less than thirty: If we average the whole at fifty men, and ,ietzkOrt the number of vefisels at 500, nei ther of which suppositions I think exceed the`triith, the - toral 'numbest of these pirates will -amount to 25ltidtftnen. "•';1 iy•• tr'l&pendentnf the force aboVe-mentionedy•seve, ral Of the Vessels have belongingAirthern a row= boat, Mounting from six to ten and ! swivrls, also well arived with . boarding-pikes . and. swords; :acaiiling to their size, carrying:fronr eigh teen to thirty men. These are . rigged with one or two masts; andpull . fr'im fourteen to twenty oars. ' They , aii-.. r rilur.partictilatly employed iry going close albiA ti'dre'at night, to Onnder and desolate Vil figq ,apt farms that do not pay them tribute, .and to pity off4tich of the inhabitants as tall into their hands: - • , L • They chiefly infest the mouth of the river Macao, and such places as have small iading-bOats. 1 1:hey in general leave the large vessel an hour or two :b2 , . fore sunset, and return about noon the following day; though they' are sometimes , -absent two or thrtle days, They lie at anchor during the day, so asnot to be seen by those on '`whom they infaid making . • their depredations. Atcdark, they issue 'fur.:l,, and ph.n.ler whatever sfails iat their way. Sometimes, when successful, they go in] the sides' o0ops ; ,(t the hills, and on perceiving any boat or ,yeoel Which th-y think they eau toaster, •they itn-! inediatelygive cave to it: The Ladrinit-s are , abun- i dandy sucplied with shot frinn Macao and Whain poa, stolen, I suppose, by the - Chine,e, Worn the' forts and shipping at those places, ,and• brought 6 . ) , ;, • thein for sale. " ''.• sf!' . ` • '' - 's I I 'have seen so rnany 8-pound shot broUght, that , they were refused; and tbe - se, I Mid every reason II nelteve, catife trout WlLimpoa. When at close (limier , ' they, tretinently use nails, fragments of iron pots, which sup: ly the phice of grape and can . - Ot povvo. r of Chinese' wanutsctu.e they )oii4l:.procAn.e %%LA they want from ditietci,t ;. ‘,A • :* • . - LONDON ; Printed by RICH AR 13 A P. I S,,ot No, 4, Martktt.court, Low-sire ti and Prbl7.hril by WI IA IriM A RMIC ER SC kI I South Moitot, the Stm-OFFios, No. II v, Stoncl, wLere .icivertisemenis, Orders for the Paper, Latte - r for too Lditor (post-paia), -taus oC no instance where, on the ransom agrecd I . I P . oil being tyongltt, the ?Cl son was not given. up ST,o',lld those .who are suppoiei capable of P 1; ifl for their 'release refu' e to'ciO so, they int - 3 1 ' 111 ' expose thetnselve, to the cruel treatment above ine9.* Those who are - unahle to ransom them;elves 3 ' l det;iiired, and obliged to assist in working , he sel, Kid othersi:Uties. They- are nevz.r alloWed; go Coale, ev e n fur attr i , with Out some of i volunteer - 'Ladrones accompanj ing them, '• tiotwithstandaig which - precaution, they artilli 6 es ; cape ; :but if re-taken, a re most severely treated, perhuPs pin to death. I have understood that at t ill cod Of: toi.r or five years they Obtain tl k ir release , i! they wish it; but 'he habits they hate acquired the dread of being recognised as; ta)rones; Pre olll the greater part from returning to their former p3rions. \\ r l h respect to the women INFO, fall into their hands, the handsomest' are reserv e d by them wives . and .concubines.; the Chiefs and Captail: 3 having frequently three or more; the odier rrel , s ``' dom more than one .; once made ctior- 0 of a wife, they are obliged to be constant to tier. 1 -:: () promiscuous intercourse is-allowed laMong ; but the greaterpart of fbeciew are swisfied women ; a few are ransomed, and the most home) ? turned on shore. Cliildren taken are generally cleiained and bro'ogh t up as servants, &c. /• I • ' ; I DIVI - g1( 401 PLUNDE.W,';&c.) When a .vessel is tidiett, and the okt ners do a rt , ransom her, which is sometim e s tbe se), and cargo are destroyed, it not wanted: •.y• captervibut in gener.il the l),•st vesseis ;11-4-AcTip 41 ' armed, as. Ladrones. ~ The..cargo,,when of us , -! to thein,. among the ships of the •ktiu idion ;- and .1 \l'Ely! they, are ,pallly Su ).he xVitti money is toutht tt I i:C11 . pI:LCS I , (J YY , the Corranati:.erOfthe squAlroi,i,,as also the. sill . le, elven for tite,rapspi n •ot la - isoners and goods. u t ,this, a tittl e i s g i ven to th e anat. , dia capt.ooi;, •is reserved to , purchase pr, viston4,, , ,ind .9 1 ", ,5r suppltN;uacCording it• they .are wt+4,led - tor "'- „ use of the squad. oh, and a certain — pri,p,;Hoi l ',. thougp . .l know pit/t ,what; is . paid to t h e C:. o' thel division. •_ From this source, 'and theAributes formcriy is k,':e, , hejai,l7,,a_large' qu ity or sly gooaro the vessgts,nfin t e uhiets. I h.n.. beep toil Iron.; 50 to ioo,ooo dollars. Out of this the, s" , " i pi such squadrons as.: wa y h.,ve u 1 tt unsup e , in their cluizes. The Lacitones tin,l not the lost fictlty in -151 1 6Lifti:14-.4uppiLs of •prot isionS,, -11-1 d• eltry •;•art o f toe coast '` )r ' ll hieh ic rhY'ljAY''hhii . outabiy,, lishvraien are 0" tterally r the Aiearers- ot these- supplies. • If the Ladrones arenot endowed with that df%'" peraleiyalour,,witlch is the Characteristi c of btiper "pirates, yet I,.coucelye thly.ate by no ilefroid of , courage ; I have repeatedly. seen startgly4y. vv,..,11 during an a - tack. 'I - was Auld u}. au Ainerican; arid ' some Portuguese, ‘.4 ho had timbr •of .Brett I had , that they ar ;a pt is flinch, when wounded. I liave heard the'iust?ly‘. decrke that - they were not atraid of Sr -I.l'er:ltoro the Chioesel , Governme.nt, or : apy outcry ! 1tid,..11 - lat nothing would giv e them A P gr;ter I.ie!,'Mkt ; at i yo . meet the Mandarin junks at a dis'aoce' LMaCaO, - On - head s . ? 'iltilt , terms.'• A.i an iinsialice Well they will defend themselves if hard wMay mention, that a Ladrone junk tell in %via' t. ~l:a~ttltarih l-ut)iis, all -larger than- herself; which an giVegektif:nt Of Rime time, - , she beat 'off; one man ki4led and two vcorindlV: o I have hea r d t h ew .: also assert i that . some iine' c OttiON & heti tlitie were' up' toreigw shins at Whijlll Pon iliQr_wpuld Ala:kg au oirkk oii Canton ;.;' 3 should the' Portuguese cruizers opp,,s e t h e i r de.i , 6 l '' thiwThey , wbuld bum4hetat ; . whe t he r t hi s wa 5(461! 4 r .,,, : : , vatiO - or opt' I do not VetClid to say; but it taiti,thai they g o 41 5 :p ) g,,,,1 the ilatt,is, singly; a in small bodies, without riltar .01 mOlestatioti. Iu the fofegrouig Icetiburl am sensside that I n i l hit.ve tOnaket.l:o t)trie poidts with which. Ow ~; tlemett resident in China are much better 0c.(1 04w t ,. thitn I can possibly be'; but I thought it b` .. . it • ter to rut) the risk of stating Sonte tap; might be :already known, than withholding a " ty which are not. (Signed) I. L. TuliNO" Canton,. Adig. i t, 1809. West minster'Session.i corn rnenced•yesterday Lax , 0 MAINWARING, and the Bench of gisirates. 4 - '6e trials were,uninteresiing. Sevt.re3g, persons were indictiA for keeping dis o rd e rly h" 5 , 0 in Ceown-court, t h e b ac k o f Chundos-street, suil" of whom %vete:acquitted, mid others to . u.,d A oew-uoilt house in Chelsea-road tell on Sunt'lf last,' !i):1 hnr;ed four perso ns , in t h e ru i ns ; Otte `,k MORI, a lodger, tat th e name of Coulthorpe, li his thigh brake; the other three were. safely' re'' cued. / I 1 adi On'Thursday f:ie 18:h in flowlanct-street, the of Fran::is ()fa Son. Al/MI(161J. • y () I n Wgdnesclay. la st t; ~,GedtAe's Church, Icon"' k„r 0 " qr. 'John Cooke, of 1)41w -street,' to Miss Layinan, 01S" „ — 7 Yesierciay, at St. James's Chur,.ll, Mr. Lyndon, of Ger tafil-street, to ot 'The same day, S . ( .;eAre's,'llJuovet-squate, 4 Nit I Esq of Ncw Br , id-striet to k•tt • 1 c' ilairgi)ter . I.lSq. Edward hakes, Esq.. c if the iitli Light I LI: g6on;'; to ;,:iss riter on, 'daughter - of the late %Valiant Pai s t:sq. of the Islitoq of larna;,a t>~r . •On the tst of August, 1. A Olton, Esq. in BarbadOC!'n On the 7111 of August last,- on the Jamaica station, taut William Charlton, commanding His Majesty . o htP Garland. On the 26th ult. at sea, William Milligan, Esq. late Q Cliaticitoii, South Carolina. 110 On the 19th inst. in Solio-square, in the 63d year n nos,- age, Jonas Dryan,a, Esq. Libranan to sir lo s sel:h and to the. Royal Society, and a Vice-President of the n,an Society: • On ihc :34 inst. at Aveley, in the County of Essex, ° f P .typhus try cr, Mr. Thomas Woodttiorp, j.:1). • t . un W'editescla.y last, at his house in Lamb's.,Con'' .i . airztt, alter four ,clays illness, William Will:nsono Esq. aged 69. • . . itreet, Gr;,rvcroralqUitre. be addreiszd. ~, .. ~- Ntr x N M bo __at, ~~~li~L is our e °Ti ni )1, — `•eS 111i po_' t ROX. ( CU! 'uXe- " 11 ' ' 4 colur: vtr Le Th e Sri( ° c 4) u at ti a A due; abl e wit F A•l 4 r otirth Ais p,_ l44 der 1 P US Thvil 't() whit 144 . Au tj:laces tc te'"l Ent '° tXes 6 h 411 ti ce e 6 ): l 2.s ki r he I ) to tlect e ti ( )11 I) 1 1 ' w uesct, tra y ethic fr u , tier. ors 1-1, Iti s tugb ' l ' e etab For At " e Crc ve of ia g Nic 11 11 - , 4 ,) 4 nct I ,,() Stlfe s ti lir I' h er 4 411 to_allut lit t 4, Lit l s 111 to, ll. Est rt dr b d „7 1. 4 . 1)1, Sl► Mli 4 hl , Cl , areser i 1, 189 14 v !e, cot titgh , a 2 ‘ 41 1 / 1 411 , E) !kr n° s\ \ '' " (P , eill i